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...from getting lost. Although Pentagon documents say GPS data will help guide the interceptor during test flights, program officials say the data will be used only if other methods fail. Any use of GPS data, says Coyle, "does not suitably stress the system in a realistic enough manner to support acquisition decisions...
...defense contractors don't really have to worry about politicians' turning off the funding spigot. They maintain that lawmakers' support for deployment remains solid and won't be weakened by test failures. Moreover, the issue is thriving in the presidential campaign. In May, George W. Bush unveiled his plan for combining unilateral arms cuts with a national missile system far more extensive--and expensive --than the one the Clinton Administration is considering. While Clinton's plan calls for the initial deployment of some 100 land-based interceptors at one site, Bush's yet-to-be-detailed plan envisions many more...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been traveling around Europe lobbying hard to undermine support for the U.S. antimissile shield--and making dire predictions of a "new arms race." America's European allies are concerned too. Senior European diplomats argue that if the U.S. creates a national missile defense, European reaction will be, "What are we going to do? How are we going to defend ourselves?" It will be badly received in Europe. And though China has only around 20 ICBMs, Beijing has threatened to build more if the U.S. goes ahead with NMD. Last week 45 U.S. experts on China...
...defeated groups began to multiply only a few years ago, when some clever lawyers realized that section 527 of the Internal Revenue code was a great device for setting up organizations that didn't have to disclose anything as long as they didn't expressly tell voters to support or oppose a candidate. For example, a group called Citizens for Better Medicare, which spent about $30 million on ads opposing Bill Clinton's proposal for extending Medicare to cover prescription drugs, is funded by pharmaceutical companies but won't say which ones. House majority whip Tom DeLay, the loudest congressional...
...House, G.O.P. leaders hoped to split the bipartisan coalition backing reform by embracing the measure to death. Let's make labor unions and other non- profits disclose, they suggested, knowing that this would peel away Democratic support. Reform proponents countered that corporations should be added as well. The outside lobbying started. Not just unions but also groups like National Right to Life hated the expanded bill. At an impasse on Tuesday, reform backers went to House Speaker Denny Hastert and forced him to scuttle a planned vote on one of the broader versions. Strip it back to just 527s, they...